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Little is detailed about Dr Doom's life before the zombie plague arrived on Earth-2149, however, it can be presumed that it followed much the same path as the Doctor Doom of Earth-616.

While America was falling to the zombie contagion, Nick Fury made a trip to Latveria, to try to get Doom on his side, but Doom had supreme confidence in his mystical powers to keep Latveria safe. As a result, he refuses to join Fury’s resistance.[1]

At some later point, Castle Doomstadt was besieged by zombified Super-Heroes but Doom held them back with a magical force-field. However Enchantress had managed to gain entry to the castle, and was now being held prisoner. Doom later granted access to Scarlet Witch and Dazzler in the Quinjet, but quickly tired of their companion, Ashley J. Williams’s, wise-cracks.

Ash pointed out that he didn't need his help, and that he only needed the Necronomicon. However, Doom explained that the contagion is extraterrestrial, pan-dimensional, but not supernatural and ordered Ash thrown into a holding cell.

Ash managed to destroy some Doombots, so Doom showed them a feed of outside, where Goliath was still doggedly attacking the magically protected castle. To make an example of what happens to trespassers, Doom launched a salvo of missiles at the gigantic zombie, they stuck in his body and blew him apart. At which point, he once again orders Ash removed and placed with ‘the others’. Scarlet Witch begged Doom for clemency as Ash was dragged to a large chamber filled with Latverian refugees by Doombots.

Doom explained to Dazzler and Scarlet Witch, that he was saving Latveria with these refugees, but Dazzler pointed out that there were no children or elderly, just those of breeding age. Doom told them that everything had changed, and although it was only a matter of time before the full force of the Marvel Zombies descended on Castle Doomstadt, he offered them hospitality in the meantime.

During a five course meal, Scarlet Witch slipped out, and then later both of his guests made themselves scarce. Doom was marching through the corridors when he saw Enchantress with her teeth clamped around Dazzler’s finger, and so he killed them with some kind of blast. He threatened to do the same to Ash and Scarlet Witch, but was interrupted by a subordinate who told them that the Super-Zombie horde had cleared Latveria and the surrounding countries, and were back for the remaining survivors.

The huge mass of zombies attacked Doomstadt, and eventually several of the horde broke through the forcefield, leading to Scarlet Witch being bitten by the zombified Punisher. In her last moments, she begged Ash to find the Necronomicon and stop all this. As Ash disappeared, Doom, too, made a tactical withdrawal to an interdimensional teleporter. However, he was not quite quick enough, because although he managed to get the survivors to the teleporter, he himself was bitten in the process, and had to fight against the contagion flowing through his body. Just as he was getting the last of the survivors out, Ash dashed into the room. Although tempted to eat Ash, Dr. Doom resists as he considered Ash to have allowed him revenge against Reed Richards. Dr. Doom allowed the man to escape, even giving him the ability to choose one of many realities.

Doom gave Ash brief instructions about the teleporter, and Ash stepped through, just as Wolverine, Hulk, and Thing crashed into the room. Doom destroyed the portal and told them that there was nothing they could do, as he was already infected, but Thing said that he could still give Doom a "clobberin’!"[2]

When his transformation was complete, Doom made his way to New York, and arrived there in time to meet up with a group of similarly zombified super-villains. When Galactus arrived, they attacked the World Devourer. However, Galactus proved to be too strong for them, until the Power Cosmic Zombies blasted him with a special device. The two groups of zombies then faced off over his remains with Doom's group coming off worse, being presumably killed.[3]

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  1. [[Marvel Zombies 4-Marvel Zombies 5|[[Marvel Zombies #4|Marvel Zombies 4]]-Marvel Zombies 5]]
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